Xinhua cited Iranian military officials saying President Trump’s statement that Iran requested a halt to attacks is 'a new lie'.

The PBOC held its H2 2026 work meeting, saying high-level financial opening is progressing steadily. It will optimize rules for corporate outbound lending, banks' overseas loans and cross-border RMB interbank financing. The central bank plans to introduce an offshore central-bank repo tool to support liquidity management. Authorities will facilitate panda-bond issuance by international high-quality issuers; panda bonds issuance exceeded 160bn yuan in H1. Construction of the cross-border RMB payment system has advanced. The meeting reaffirmed support for Shanghai and Hong Kong as international financial centers and for infrastructure projects including Xiong’an New Area and the western land-sea new corridor. It will deepen foreign-exchange facilitation reforms, expand high-level cross-border trade opening pilots, and improve corporate FX risk-management services.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said Cuba aims to 'weaponize' these coordination networks against the United States and is working to pressure 'U.S. policymakers' and global allies.